Blondie Purcell

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Full Name: William Aloysius Purcell	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 9.5"/159	First Game: May 1, 1879
Birthdate: March 16, 1854	Final Game: September 16, 1890
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Blondie Purcell (William Aloysius Purcell) was born on March 16, 1854 in Paterson, New Jersey. He made his Major League debut on May 1, 1879 for the Syracuse Stars. In 1879, his rookie year, he hit .254 with 0 home runs and 29 RBI. Purcell played for the Syracuse Stars, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Spiders, Buffalo Bisons, Philadelphia Quakers, Philadelphia Athletics, Boston Beaneaters and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Blondie Purcell's best season was 1887, when he stole 88 bases and knocked in 96 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1879	SYR	N	63	277	32	72	0	25	.260	.268	.303	6	3	3	13	0	0	0	0	0
1879	CIN	N	12	50	10	11	0	4	.220	.220	.220	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1879	TOT	N	75	327	42	83	0	29	.254	.261	.291	6	3	3	16	0	0	0	0	0
1880	CIN	N	77	325	48	95	1	24	.292	.303	.378	13	6	5	13	0	0	0	0	0
1881	CLE	N	20	80	3	14	0	4	.175	.224	.225	2	1	5	8	0	0	0	0	0
1881	BUF	N	30	113	15	33	0	17	.292	.339	.389	7	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0
1881	TOT	N	50	193	18	47	0	21	.244	.291	.321	9	3	13	16	0	0	0	0	0
1882	BUF	N	84	380	79	105	2	40	.276	.302	.371	18	6	14	27	0	0	0	0	0
1883	PHI	N	97	425	70	114	1	32	.268	.290	.346	20	5	13	26	0	0	0	0	0
1884	PHI	N	103	428	67	108	1	31	.252	.300	.318	11	7	29	30	0	0	0	0	0
1885	PHI	a	66	304	71	90	0	22	.296	.337	.378	15	5	16	0	3	0	0	0	0
1885	BOS	N	21	87	9	19	0	3	.218	.244	.253	1	1	3	15	0	0	0	0	0
1885	Total		87	391	80	109	0	25	.279	.317	.350	16	6	19	15	3	0	0	0	0
1886	BAL	a	26	85	17	19	0	8	.224	.365	.247	0	1	17	0	2	0	13	0	0
1887	BAL	a	140	567	101	142	4	96	.250	.318	.344	25	8	46	0	10	0	88	0	0
1888	PHI	a	18	66	10	11	0	6	.167	.236	.242	3	1	5	0	1	0	10	0	0
1888	BAL	a	101	406	53	96	2	39	.236	.289	.293	9	4	27	0	3	0	16	0	0
1888	TOT	a	119	472	63	107	2	45	.227	.281	.286	12	5	32	0	4	0	26	0	0
1889	PHI	a	129	507	72	160	0	85	.316	.383	.381	19	7	50	27	5	0	22	0	0
1890	PHI	a	110	463	110	128	2	59	.276	.343	.363	28	3	43	0	4	0	48	0	0
Total	NL		507	2165	333	571	5	180	.264	.290	.335	78	31	80	143	0	0	0	0	0
Total	AA		590	2398	434	646	8	315	.269	.334	.345	99	29	204	27	28	0	197	0	0
Total			1097	4563	767	1217	13	495	.267	.314	.340	177	60	284	170	28	0	197	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1879	SYR	N	P	22	0	0	9	28	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.860
1879	SYR	N	C	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.000
1879	SYR	N	OF	47	0	0	64	4	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.773
1879	CIN	N	P	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1879	CIN	N	OF	10	0	0	18	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1879	TOT	N	OF	57	0	0	82	7	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.767
1879	TOT	N	P	24	0	0	11	33	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.880
1879	TOT	N	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1879	TOT	N	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1880	CIN	N	SS	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1880	CIN	N	OF	55	0	0	78	14	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.814
1880	CIN	N	P	25	0	0	10	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1881	CLE	N	OF	20	0	0	40	4	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.786
1881	BUF	N	P	9	0	0	2	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1881	BUF	N	OF	25	0	0	32	4	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.706
1881	TOT	N	LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1881	TOT	N	OF	45	0	0	72	8	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.748
1882	BUF	N	OF	82	0	0	144	11	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.820
1882	BUF	N	P	6	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1883	PHI	N	3B	46	0	0	60	111	49	7	0	0	0	0	0	.777
1883	PHI	N	OF	44	0	0	60	14	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.841
1883	PHI	N	P	11	0	0	4	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.893
1884	PHI	N	OF	103	0	0	182	12	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.874
1884	PHI	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1885	PHI	a	OF	66	0	0	78	13	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.858
1885	PHI	a	P	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1885	BOS	N	OF	21	0	0	19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.840
1885	Total		OF	87	0	0	97	15	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.855
1885	Total		LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1886	BAL	a	OF	26	0	0	35	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.867
1886	BAL	a	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1886	BAL	a	SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1887	BAL	a	OF	140	0	0	203	18	18	5	0	0	0	0	0	.925
1887	BAL	a	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1888	PHI	a	3B	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667
1888	PHI	a	OF	17	0	0	25	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.903
1888	BAL	a	SS	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1888	BAL	a	1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1888	BAL	a	OF	100	0	0	145	9	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.906
1888	TOT	a	OF	117	0	0	170	12	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	.905
1888	TOT	a	RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1889	PHI	a	OF	129	0	0	172	15	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.903
1890	PHI	a	OF	110	0	0	170	17	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.949
Total			1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	995	0	0	1465	147	243	20	0	0	0	0	0	.869
Total			3B	47	0	0	61	112	50	7	0	0	0	0	0	.776
Total			P	79	0	0	27	118	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.906
Total			C	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	4	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1879	SYR	N	22	17	4	15	3.76	28	165	75	15	0	0	179.2	245	1	19	0	31	0
1879	CIN	N	2	2	0	2	4.00	3	15	8	2	0	0	18	27	0	2	0	3	0
1879	TOT	N	24	19	4	17	3.78	31	180	83	17	0	0	197.2	272	1	21	0	34	0
1880	CIN	N	25	21	3	17	3.21	47	149	70	21	0	0	196	235	1	32	0	10	0
1881	BUF	N	9	5	4	1	2.77	15	37	19	5	0	0	61.2	62	2	9	0	2	0
1882	BUF	N	6	3	2	1	4.94	9	30	17	2	0	0	31	44	2	4	0	2	0
1883	PHI	N	11	9	2	6	4.39	30	71	39	7	0	0	80	110	0	12	0	7	0
1884	PHI	N	1	0	0	0	2.25	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	2	0
1885	PHI	a	1	0	0	1	6.00	3	9	4	0	0	0	6	11	0	2	0	2	0
1886	BAL	a	1	0	0	0	9.00	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1887	BAL	a	1	0	0	0	15.75	2	8	7	0	0	0	4	8	0	4	0	0	1
Total	NL		76	57	15	42	3.61	133	468	229	52	0	0	570.1	726	7	78	0	57	0
Total	AA		3	0	0	1	9.82	5	18	12	0	0	0	11	20	0	6	0	2	1
Total			79	57	15	43	3.73	138	486	241	52	0	0	581.1	746	7	84	0	59	1

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Boston Beaneaters to Baltimore Orioles (1886).
Sold by Baltimore Orioles to Philadelphia Athletics (September 24, 1888).

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